[ad_1] Nearly 20 million Nigerians are infected with Hepatitis B or C, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said. He stated this in Abuja on Monday during the launch of the national strategic framework for viral hepatitis and the flag-off ceremony of a nationwide hepatitis awareness campaign, in commemoration of this year’s World Hepatitis…
[ad_1] Property worth millions of naira was on Monday morning destroyed by fire that gutted a two-storey residential building on Akunnia Street, Woliwo, Onitsha, Anambra State. An eyewitness, Mr. Uche Okafor said the incident occurred in the early hours of Monday. The outbreak badly affected the last floor of the two-storey building. The eyewitness, however,…
[ad_1] Lara Adejoro Former President Goodluck Jonathan has charged members of the West African Society of Pharmacology to spearhead the research for the production of local vaccines to contain epidemics that are endemic in the sub-region. Jonathan noted that the world has been experiencing outbreaks of viral diseases, some of which are more prevalent in…
[ad_1] Angela Onwuzoo About 150 women’s rights and civil society organisations have urged the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to lift the suspension of the “State Guidelines on Safe Termination of Pregnancy for Legal Indications” issued by the Directorate of Family Health and Nutrition in the Ministry of Health. The women groups accused the…
[ad_1] Lara Adejoro The Federal Government said it has developed a National Strategic Framework for eliminating viral hepatitis in the country by 2030. The Federal Government said the framework is in line with the Global Health Sector Strategy for viral hepatitis control. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja on Monday in commemoration of the…
[ad_1] Stephen Angbulu Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, was on Monday discharged from the Duchess International Hospital following successful surgery on his right femur (thigh bone). Osinbajo who was admitted for the surgery on July 16 spent eight more days for full recuperation on crutches. According to a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on…
[ad_1] Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has been discharged from the hospital following a successful surgical operation and rehabilitation. The vice president had been at Duchess International Hospital, Lagos, for 7 days since July 16, where he underwent corrective therapy for femur fracture. Chief Personal Physician to the Vice President, Dr Nicholas Audifferen, stated on Monday that…
[ad_1] Angela Onwuzoo A Professor of Paediatrics at the Department of Paediatrics, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Olugbenga Mokuolu, has told parents not to be worried when their babies are crying, noting that crying is a sign that the baby is healthy. According to him, parents need to be patient when…
[ad_1] Amarachi Okeh The World Health Organisation has urged parents to do more to ensure water safety, warning that children under the age of five are at most risk of drowning. The WHO disclosed this in a statement released on Monday in commemoration of World Drowning Prevention Day. The world’s health body noted that drowning…
[ad_1] Amarachi Okeh The Anambra State has evacuated the two decomposing headless corpses from the Ulasi-Okija area of Anambra State after PUNCH HealthWise report. Following the report by PUNCH HealthWise, the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Afam Obidike, according to findings by our correspondent, mobilised the relevant health agency in Ekwusigo Local Government to evacuate the unidentified…
